Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 62

After a sudden bout of gas courtesy of Heppokomaru, Shiryuuen Kamara of the Three Daiou has fallen! But with the balance of the Neo-Maruhage now in jeopardy, someone within the ranks is finally making their long-awaited move...

Shinsetsu 62: Tsukkomi of Ice! Jati!!

155.
Narrator: A section of the Three Great Powers crumbled from the sinking of the Neo-Maruhage Three Daiou's Shiryuuen Kamara.
Usui: S**t.
Porstoroi: THAT KAMARA-SAMA'S BEEN DEFEATED...
Jobus: This will disturb this country's power relationship.
Narrator: This notice was received and a severe earthquake ran into the Neo Maruhage's 23 Wards.
3rd: BO-BOBO
Namerou: You've done it, Bobopachi.
Hiiragi: BEGIN THE PLAN, JATI.
Jati: BATTLE STANCE.

156.
3rd: Kamara has fallen...
3rd: We urgently must prepare a replacement Three Daiou. A person who possesses a vessel that surpasses human intellect is appropriate for the Three Daiou...
Combat Blues: YOU HAVE THOSE WORDS BUT, 3RD-SAMA, I'M THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD IN THE NUMBER OF EROTIC BOOKS THAT I POSSESS. AM I COMPITENT FOR THIS...
3rd: Right? Throw them away.
Combat Blues: A VESSEL THAT SURPASSES HUMAN INTELLECT...THAT IS CORRECTLY ABOUT ME. (Air Guitar of sorrow---)
3rd: !!
3rd: WHO ARE YOU?
"Banana": A banana.

157.
Voice: UWACHA---O
Combat Blues: YOU---VERY GOOD.
SFX: U--U--
Combat Blues: HA, A PATROL LAMP!!
(TN: "Patrol Lamp" is "Patolampu" in Japanese, referring to a specific light used by patrol cars in warning)
Combat Blues: HE'S THE POLICE! THIS IS BAD...I'LL BE ARRESTED! I'LL CERTAINLY BE ARRESTED FOR MY CRIME OF OVERBUYING EROTIC BOOKS!!
Combat Blues: UWAAAA, NO---
"Banana": NAMIDA NO BANANA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI...
(TN: "Namida no Banana" = "The Tears of a Banana"; somehow the two were used due to their similarity in Japanese)
"Banana": A BANANA FESTIVAL OF JUST MEN NATIVE TO THE PHILLIPINES
Combat Blues: GYOPYAAAA, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS THIS----!!?
Phillipino Men: WASSHOI WASSHOI WASSHOI
Combat Blues: GYOPEEE
3rd: With one blow, Blues...what is that banana?

158.
3rd: HIIRAGI!!
Hiiragi: I was lying about the Banana Shinken. That was really my Bakushou Manzai Shinken. Sorry.
Hiiragi: WA
3rd: WHAT ARE YOU INTENDING, YOUNGSTER...I DIDN'T CALL FOR YOU. STEP AWAY.
Hiiragi: THE POWER OF THIS EMPIRE IS ABSOLUTE. THIS HIIRAGI IS GOING TO BE YOUR NEW THREE DAIOU.

159.
Caption: BABUU'S SYNTHESIS RESEARCH LAB
Bird: THIS LOCATION CONDITION IS BAD!!
Voice: Energy 97%: 2 hours remain until we can start B - B.
Babuu: B.B...NO, BLACK BO-BOBO. EBWETHING ISH DOWING WELL.
Babuu: THE SHEAT OF THE THWEE DAIOU WHICH HASH BEEN OPENED WID THE DISSHAPERWENCE OF KAMARA WILL BE WETURNED BACK TO BABUU-SAMA.
Babuu: YOU ARE ALWEADY UNDER THE CONTWOL OF ME. WITH DIS, MY SHTADUS IN THE EMPIRE ISH STEADY, HA HA HA
Babuu: I'BE COME TO HAB A WONG FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU, BLACK BO-BOBO.
(TN: The caption shows that Babuu is referring to him as "B - B" again, but to differentiate it from his hidden name, I just made it Black Bo-bobo this time)

160.
Babuu: WHAT ISH THAAAAAAT SEXY DAIKON!!?
Caption: BOOMERANG PANTSUMARU
(TN: The Japanese name is "BOOMERAN PANTSUMARU", I was going to originally just use "pantymaru", but with the Japanese feel of his name, I decided to just go with "Pantsumaru")
Babuu: YOU UNAWAWINGLY ENTERED THE CAPSHEL!?
Pantsumaru: THAT'S AN INQUIRY THAT'S QUITE EATING INTO YOU, BUT THAT I'LL GET INTO LATER...
SFX: PU---
Pantsumaru: MELAN
Babuu: ANSHER ME QUICKLY!!!

161.
Jati: That was fast, Pantsumaru. (just as planned)
Pantsumaru: JATI
Babuu: !
Babuu: YOU'RE FROM A YEAR AGO...
Jati: Hmph
Scientist: Babuu-sama, who is she?
Babuu: SHTEP BACK, SHE'S MY GUEST.
Jati: I GOT AN ORDER FROM A CERTAIN PERSON (IT'S HIIRAGI BUT): BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO BE IN THE WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
Pantsumaru: AND THEN BOOMERANG PANTIES WILL BLOW THE FIRE.
Babuu: ISN'T THIS ELATING, FAKE! YOU SHALL KNEEL BEFWORE THE MAX SHIMETSUGAN
(TN: As opposed to the "Zenmetsugan" that Heppokomaru and other Neo-Maruhage were taking earlier in the series, Babuu has ingested the "Shimetsugan", which literally translates into "Extinction Pill" or "Annihilation Pill")

162.
Babuu: BABY SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BEDDY-BYE RUSH
Jati: HA
Jati: It's nostalgic fighting as a duo, Pantsumaru.
Pantsumaru: ALRIGHT! LET'S SHOW HIM OUR SPECIAL COMBINATION TECHNIQUE
Pantsumaru: LET'S GO, JATI: SU----PANTY FUSION!!
Babuu: WHAT ISH THIS? WHAT EXACTWY HASH THIS COME TO!?
Pantsumaru: WELL, WHAT HAS THIS COME TO? WHAT HAS THIS COME TO----!!
Pantsumaru: IT'S COME TO THIS.
Jati: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, F**KING PANTIES
Pantsumaru: OWACHAAAAAA, I'M BURNING----!! I'M BURNING TO DEATH----!!

163.
Pantsumaru: Gugu...I've made a mistake...in battling after a long time...sorry.
Pantsumaru: IT'S COME TO THIS, JATI
Pantsumaru: WELL, WHAT HAS THIS COME TO? WHAT HAS THIS COME TO----!!
Pantsumaru: IT'S COME TO THIS
Jati: DIE, F**KING PANTIES
Pantsumaru: GYAAAAAAA, A SHREDDER----!!!
Jati: DO THIS SERIOUSLY
Pantsumaru: LOGO MARK
"Logo": THEY'RE CHEAP TO WEAR AND THEY'RE STYLISH
(TN: The "slogan" for Pantsumaru's latest form is actually one that is constantly used in Japanese advertisements for clothing: "hakiyasukute kakkoii", which translates as seen above into "They're cheap to wear and they're stylish")
Jati: I'LL KILL YOU!
Babuu: WEALLY.
Jati: !
Jati: TAKE THIS: KOORI NO TSUKKOMI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: JATI'S ICY THEATER...
(TN: "Koori no Tsukkomi" literally translates into a "tsukkomi of ice", with "tsukkomi" being the "straight man" of a manzai duo who takes the gags and jokes of the more bizarre bokken comic. Another nickname for this fist is the "Icy Tsukkomi" or "Icy Straight-Man")

164.
Jati: NUMBER 1!!
Caption:
JATI'S ICY THEATER: JATI'S BATTLE OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB
(TN: Jati's "story" is based on a Japanese fairy tale that basically is one about retribution justice: a monkey trades a crab's rice ball for a persimmon seed; the crab plants the seed and grows a persimmon tree, the monkey kills the crab with the persimmons from the tree, but gets the anger of it's child who ultimately gets revenge on the monkey by getting the help of a mill stone, a hornet, a chestnut and a "cow pie" [cow dung])
Babuu: UO!? WHAT? I'B TAKEN THE APPEWANCE OF A MONKEY?
Jati: Ah, mill stone, hornet and chestnut, ...actually, well, I have to take down a monkey. Alright...lend me your power. I ask that of you.
Caption: Crab
Voice: OK
Babuu: !
Jati: ENEMY OF THE CRAB----
Babuu: WOBOTS!!? AWN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO BE A MILL STOWN AND A HOWNET!?
"Mill Stone": The era has changed, boy.
(TN: A slight error: while the millstone has the mask of Char Aznable from the Gundam series saying this line, it was actually said by veteran mech pilot Ramba Ral)
Caption: Mill Stone
Babuu: !
Pantsumaru: THIS IS BECAUSE THE MONKEY TOOK THE ONIGIRI----ISN'T THIS THAT WE CAN'T END WAR ON EARTH----!!!

165.
Pantsumaru: CHOUGATTAI OUGI: NEW JAPANESE FOLKTALE: BATTLE OF JATI AND PANTIES!!!
Babuu: GYAAAAAA, WHAT IS THIS STORY WITHOUT ONE BIT OF TRUTH----
Jati: CONTINUING, LET'S GO WITH ICY THEATER NO. 2!!
Caption: JATI'S ICY THEATER: PANTIES AT A DRIVING RANGE
Babuu: PANTIES AT A DRIVING RANGE!!?
Babuu: IT'S ALL IN THE STYLE OF GOLF!?
Pantsumaru: HERE IT IS----

166.
Pantsumaru: That's a good orbit!
Babuu: WHAT ISH THAT!?
Pantsumaru: YES! STRI----KE
Voice: STRUCK IT RICH, STRUCK IT RICH
Babuu: WHAT? WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Pantsumaru: GOKUJOU PANTSU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: A HUNDRED-MILLION UNDERPANTS FALLING FROM THE SKY!!!
(TN: A bit of a reminder but "pantsu" isn't just for panties but refers to all underwear)
Babuu: GUBAWAAAAAAAAA

167.
Babuu: I...CAN'T BWEATHE WITH DESE UNDERPANTS...FUGO FUGO
Pantsumaru: I...I'M SCARED~~~ (Rattle rattle, he's a pervert...)
Babuu: YOU DID DIS---HUH!!
Jati: NEXT IS THE FINISH.
Caption: JATI'S ICY THEATER: JATI'S RAP SHOWDOWN
Jati: ICY THEATER NO. 3: FREESTYLE RAP SHOWDOWN!!
Jati: THIS IS SENT AND DONE BY DJ JATI! THE LOSER WILL BE INSTANTLY BE SUNFISH BAIT.
(TN: "Sunfish" refers to "Mambou" or "Ocean Sunfish", the largest bony fish in the world)
Babuu: THEY EAT PEOPLE? (The sunfish)
Jati: LET'S CHECK IT OUT!
Pantsumaru: WE'LL GO FROM ME! PANTIES--! PANTIES--!
Pantsumaru: HUMAN INTELLECT IS A THING IS BORN BY REASON AND ERASED CONTRARY TO EXPECTATION! WHAT'S PATHETIC IS AUTHENTICITY THAT'S SPLIT BY HATRED THAT'S HIDDEN BY IMPARTIALITY!
Babuu: THAT'S AN OPINIONATED RAP THAT'S ISN'T OF PANTIES!!

168.
Pantsumaru: NEXT IS YOU!
Babuu: DON'T POINT YOUR FINGERS, PANTIES----!!
Babuu: THOSE IDIOTS WILL UNDERSHTAND. SHALL I GO AND DESTWOY DEM AT MY PASHE WITH THIS STWANGE WAP...
Babuu: I'LL GWO FURTHER ABOVE THEM!! (rapping) KNICKERBOCKER FIGHTER--! KNICKERBOCKER FIGHTER--! A WHOLE BUNCH OF KNICKERBOCKER FIGHTER ALTHOUGH IT ISH WINTER---
"Outfit": Super Baby
Babuu: YOU CAN DO IT, KNICKERBOCKER FIGHTER; MECHANISM JOURNEY!!!
Pantsumaru: GYA
Babuu: HOW WASH THAT?
Jati: IT STUNK.
Babuu: SHE'S EXCESSIVELY COLD!!!

169.
Jati: KOORI NO TSUKKOMI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: ABSOLUTE ZERO TSUKKOMI!!! (out loud) I'VE SEEN THE BOTTOM OF LAUGHTER!!!

170.
Pantsumaru: In being fooled and being fooled, you're induced by your opponent's foolishment and it is there that you dig in and kill them. It's a scary Shinken as ever.
(TN: The part "dig in" is another meaning for "tsukkomi", which as mentioned before is the "straight man" of comedy)
Jati: I hate people who are just stiff.
Jati: With this, we can restrain Black Bo-bobo, one of the Three Daiou. It's about this time that that Hiiragi would be doing that skillfully.
3rd: You, what were you thinking.
Combat Blues: Um...I'm puzzled on if tonight's dinner will be stew or curry. I'm sorry.
3rd: Stand aside, you.

171.
Hiiragi: I'LL BECOME A THREE DAIOU AND CREATE THE MOST ULTIMATE FORCE IN THE NEO-MARUHAGE THAT CONTROLS THE BLUE AND WHITE. IT'S NAME IS THE "RED SHOCKING-FARCE PLAY-SQUAD"!! THE ULTIMATE COMEDY ARMY-CORP
(TN: The name of Hiiragi's new "squadron" is actually a very strange one: the Japanese is "Aka no Shougeki Yuutai"; the "Aka" is obviously "red", but "Shougeki" is a combination of a couple terms: in one reading it has the translation of "shocking" or "crash", while another uses it for "theatrical farce". Combining the two, I ended up making it "Shocking-Farce". Finally, the "Yuutai" is just a combination of the "yuu" for "play" and the "tai" for "army" or, in this case, "squad")
3rd: .........He's.
Pantsumaru: WELL---THEN, THAT'S ALL UNTIL NEXT WEEK! IT'S FAREWELL TIME. SO THEN, EVERYONE, TOGETHER WITH THAT CUSTOM THING...
Pantsumaru: Pu----
Pantsumaru: MELAN!!!

TN: You know for a chapter with no Bo-bobo in it at all...this was just epic. (well OK there was Black Bo-bobo but...he's something else altogether) Somehow while the last time a chapter like this happened with the politics within the Neo-Maruhage (where Bo-bobo actually did show up honestly even if it was just standing there), there wasn't too much outside plot progression. But here...well, let me just say this: Jati is awesome and Hiiragi is just freaky alongside his comedic exterior. In a way Jati actually does something I never really thought would happen: use the actual power of a tsukkomi to her advantage to build up her own ice-power strength and attack with it once it's at a certain level. In a way she's just like Beauty...only evil, with a Shinken and a pair of panties as her partner. (you'd sort of wish Beauty herself would think of this but somehow her super-power always involves appearing in the side of a panel in her now traditional "WTF" face...though Heppokomaru is back and Pokomi's been doing it for a while now too) Honestly, the way she did away with Babuu was long overdo, considering that he's been part of the story for so long that you forget sometimes all he did prior to...well, hanging around doing science stuff and acting like a baby. (considering that I hadn't seen Babuu prior to this chapter, I never realized all the stuff he did in Vol. 2...then again Gaou did a lot in vol. 2 and look at him now) Pantsumaru was weird but somehow worked, mostly since he was part of the incentive leading to Jati's powers being fully activated. Though with her around and Hiiragi's plan in full motion...who knows how much more bizarre things are going to get! (and that's a good thing at this point)

BTW: you still have to wonder why Combat Blues remains with the 3rd after all this time while the other Former Maruhage have long gone...